玄學 [－学]

Jyutping jyun4 hok6
Pinyin xuán xué

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
  2. translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Xuanxue; Dark Learning
  2. noun, Internet, broadly, humorous, neologism
    misbelief that doing certain things will increase one's luck (especially one's luck in games with gacha mechanics); superstition
  3. noun
    metaphysics
    (syn.) 形而上学, 形而上學
    • 形而上學，亦稱玄學。
      形而上学，亦称玄学。
      xín gé r5 shàng xué ， yì chēng xuán xué ．
      X
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    啲风水佬讲嘢讲到牙斩斩咁，讲咗半个钟最尾竟然话玄学非精密科学！真系又要威又要戴头盔！
    啲風水佬講嘢講到牙斬斬咁，講咗半個鐘最尾竟然話玄學非精密科學！真係又要威又要戴頭盔！
    di1 fung1 seoi2 lou2 gong2 je5 gong2 dou3 ngaa4 zaam2 zaam2 gam2, gong2 zo2 bun3 go3 zung1 zeoi3 mei1 ging2 jin4 waa6 jyun4 hok6 fei1 zing1 mat6 fo1 hok6! zan1 hai6 jau6 jiu3 wai1 jau6 jiu3 daai3 tau4 kwai1!
    • Those feng-shui guys speak as if they were talking about solid, hard facts, but then after half an hour of that, they put up a disclaimer saying it's not a precise science! They want to be make bold claims but aren't willing to risk their reputation!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    形而上学，亦称玄学。
    形而上學，亦稱玄學。
    xín gé r5 shàng xué ， yì chēng xuán xué ．
    • X
  2. Mandarin
    计策已定，事不宜迟，于是雇上几个玄学鬼，再加几名托洛茨基，摇动笔杆枪，就乱唤乱叫、乱打乱刺了一顿。
    計策已定，事不宜遲，於是僱上幾個玄學鬼，再加幾名托洛茨基，搖動筆桿槍，就亂喚亂叫、亂打亂刺了一頓。
    jì cè yǐ dìng ， shì bù yí chí ， yú shì gù shàng jǐ ge xuán xué guǐ ， zài jiā jǐ míng tuō luò cí jī ， yáo dòng bǐ gǎn qiāng ， jiù luàn huàn luàn jiào ， luàn dǎ luàn cì le yī dùn ．
    • Having determined on their policy, they have lost no time in hiring some "metaphysics-mongers" plus a few Trotskyites who, brandishing their pens like lances, are tilting in all directions and creating bedlam.